Donald Trump Finally Got a Newspaper Endorsement! (But From the KKK)

The race for president has tightened significantly since FBI director James Comey's infamous letter about e-mails that may or may not be anything. But one category where Hillary Clinton still has a massive lead over Donald Trump is newspaper endorsements, where Trump was left with pretty much the Sheldon Adelson–owned Las Vegas Review-Journal and not much else. Well, that changed this week when The Crusader decided to endorse Donald Trump. The Crusader, of course, is the official newspaper of the Ku Klux Klan.

This raises a bunch of questions for me, but most notably: The KKK is just now endorsing Donald Trump? This is a guy who has stoked white-nationalist fears, proposed a ban on Muslims, called Mexicans "rapists" and criminals, and whose campaign has often used anti-Semitic and anti-black dog whistles. Hell, David Duke has been one of Trump's most visible defenders. Donald Trump is what would happen if the KKK designed a presidential candidate. What else were they looking for? Did they want him to put on a white robe?

Now the Trump campaign has rejected the endorsement, giving this statement to The Washington Post:

"Mr. Trump and the campaign denounces hate in any form. This
publication is repulsive and their views do not represent the tens of
millions of Americans who are uniting behind our campaign."

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